poleax

英 ['pəʊlæks] 美
  • n. 屠斧；战斧
  • vt. 以斧砍倒或攻打
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英文词源

poleax (n.)
kind of axe used as a weapon or by butchers, c. 1300, pollax, from pol "head" (see poll (n.)) + ax (n.). From notion of beheading or head-splitting, or perhaps from the shape of the ax. Spelling altered 17c. by confusion with pole (n.1)).